Taoriba Biniati, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Taoriba Biniati

boxer

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1995

Place of Birth: Tabiteuea, Gilbert Islands, Kiribati

Profession: boxer

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Taoriba Biniati (born 1 November 1995) is an I-Kiribati boxer. Biniati comes from Tabiteuea, an atoll in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati, south of Tarawa.
She took up boxing after Derek Andrewartha, a former police officer from Hampshire, England, advertised for a female boxer to join his club with the aim of competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
She is coached by Tarieta Ruata, who represented Kiribati at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
The club's only equipment was a single punchbag which they hung from a breadfruit tree.In December 2013 Biniati accompanied the Queen's Baton Relay as it passed through Kiribati on the journey to Glasgow.